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<blockquote data-quote="Abraxas" data-source="post: 2181325" data-attributes="member: 1266">Howdy Tauric, I'm another Michigander and in my neck of the woods I don't know anybody that uses point buy.I dislike point buy for 3 reasons1) The averaging effect.&nbsp; I can accept randomly generated rolls that have high and low extremes, but I really dislike the requirement for a low score to get a high score created by point buy.2) Point buy favors classes that can really shine with only 1 high score.&nbsp; And no this isn't a problem with number of points assigned - because if you bump the number of points to help classes that need multiple high stats to really shine (and yes this is shine in a game mechanic sense) the classes that need only the one high stat are stellar.3) I have never gone into a game with a mindset of wanting to play a specific type of character.&nbsp; I have always used the scores generated by the die rolls and gone &quot;Hmmm, what character would be interesting given these scores.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Abraxas, post: 2181325, member: 1266"] Howdy Tauric, I'm another Michigander and in my neck of the woods I don't know anybody that uses point buy. I dislike point buy for 3 reasons 1) The averaging effect. I can accept randomly generated rolls that have high and low extremes, but I really dislike the requirement for a low score to get a high score created by point buy. 2) Point buy favors classes that can really shine with only 1 high score. And no this isn't a problem with number of points assigned - because if you bump the number of points to help classes that need multiple high stats to really shine (and yes this is shine in a game mechanic sense) the classes that need only the one high stat are stellar. 3) I have never gone into a game with a mindset of wanting to play a specific type of character. I have always used the scores generated by the die rolls and gone "Hmmm, what character would be interesting given these scores." [/QUOTE]

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